Bonnyrigg Primary School, Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bonnyrigg.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bonnyrigg Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bonnyrigg Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Bonnyrigg Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 403 pupils, an average class size of 26.9 and 19 pupils per teacher.
10% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 23% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 23% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 11.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bonnyrigg Primary School are Burnbrae Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mary's Primary School (0.6 miles), Lasswade Primary School (0.7 miles) and Hawthornden Primary School (0.9 miles).
Burnbrae Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary SchoolLasswade Primary SchoolHawthornden Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Eskbank Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wolsey Avenue (opposite), 110 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Bonnyrigg Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Bonnyrigg Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bonnyrigg Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bonnyrigg Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bonnyrigg Primary School?
If you live in Bonnyrigg Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bonnyrigg Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bonnyrigg Primary School?
Bonnyrigg Primary School is at Cockpen Road, Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg, EH19 3HR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)